rakkhati : [rakkh + a] protects; guards; observes; preserves.

A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]

Rakkhati [Vedic raksati, rakṣ to Idg. *ark (cp. Lat. arceo etc.) in enlarged form *aleq=Gr. a)le/cw to protect (Alexander!); a)lkh/ strength; Ags. ealgian to protect, Goth. alhs=Ags. ealh temple. Cp. also base *areq in P. aggala. The Dhtp 18 expls rakkh by "pālana"] 1. to protect, shelter, save, preserve Sn 220; Jiv.255 (maŋ rakkheyyātha); vi.589 (=pāleti); Pv ii.943 (dhanaŋ); Miln 166 (rukkhaŋ), 280 (attānaŋ rakkheyya save himself); PvA 7. -- grd. rakkhiya to be protected Mhvs 33, 45. Neg. arakkhiya & arakkheyya (in meaning 3) see separately. -- Pass. ppr. rakkhiyamāna J i.140. -- 2. to observe, guard, take care of, control (with ref. to cittaŋ the heart, and sīlaŋ good character or morals) It 67 (sīlaŋ); DhA i.295 (cittaŋ rakkha, equivalent with cittaŋ dama), 397 (ācāraŋ); J iv.255 (vācaŋ); VvA 59 (sīlāni rakkhi); PvA 66 (sīlaŋ rakkhatha, uposathaŋ karotha). -- 3. to keep (a) secret, to put away, to guard against (i. e. to keep away from) Sn 702 (mano -- padosaŋ rakkheyya); Miln 170 (vacīduccaritaŋ rakkheyya). -- pp. rakkhita. See also parīpāleti & parirakkhati.

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